Mass. Auto Body, Inc. v. Furman

This is an expedited appeal from the motion judge’s consolidation of these matters for trial and his subsequent denial of a motion to reconsider his order to consolidate. Dist./Mun. Cts. R. A. D. A., Rule 16(a)(4).

Factual Background

A tacit agreement to exchange accounting services for automobile repairs between Edwin Furman, a C.RA, and Mass. Auto Body, Inc. that began in 1997 appears to underlie these actions.1 In late 1998, Furman brought his wife’s [“Lynne Garafalo”] Mercedes Benz to Mass. Auto Body; and, Raymond Daher suggested that Furman might want to trade his wife’s car for a…